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Sept.6, 1927 – June 26, 2008
Henry Bascom Floyd III, 80, of Huntsville died Thursday, June 26, 2008.
Mr. Floyd was born in South Carolina. He received his undergraduate degree in engineering at the Citadel and received his master’s in the same at Georgia Tech. While with DuPont, he built chemical plants in the Southeast U.S., and he built and managed aerospace installations for the U.S. Air Force in North Carolina. He was also involved in the management of research projects in Huntsville while with NASA before his retirement in 1975. A veteran of World War II, he was on active duty in the U.S. Naval Reserve during 1945-46 aboard the U.S.S. Cordoba.
Survivors include his wife of 60 years, Rubie Fore Floyd; three daughters; one son; one sister; six grandsons; one great-grandson; and two great-granddaughters.
Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. today from Spry Funeral Home of Huntsville. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Monday from the funeral home with burial following in Maple Hill Cemetery.
Published in The Huntsville Times, Huntsville, AL on Sunday, June 29, 2008
[Note: Henry, the son of Henry B. Floyd, Jr. and Mamie Isabelle Sanders Floyd, grew up in Floyd Dale, South Carolina and graduated from Latta High School. He was an avid researcher of the Floyd family history and was generous with his time in assisting other researchers. He will be missed. (Martha Floyd Miller)]
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